'oc image append' command fails with unauthorized messages

Issue

• oc image append command fails with unauthorized messages
• When building a custom images using the oc image append operation, it fails with below errors:

error: uploading the source layer sha256:a296da753aac5b6b8159af58d6991de11d49b378ab3d0f04fe6c2c292a33c52b failed: unable to upload layer sha256:a296da753aac5b6b8159af58d6991de11d49b378ab3d0f04fe6c2c292a33c52b to destination repository: unauthorized: authentication required

• The command used is:

oc --loglevel=5 --v=5 image append --from default-route-openshift-image-registry.apps.suresh4.lab.pnq2.cee.redhat.com/jb-infra-build/eap72-openshift:latest --to default-route-openshift-image-registry.apps.suresh4.lab.pnq2.cee.redhat.com/jenkins/openshift-test-app-image:latest

• Manually, the images can be pushed to the registry using podman.